Zesty Cranberry Sauce
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A paleo-friendly version of a Thanksgiving favorite!
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Ingredients
- 4 cups of fresh organic cranberries, rinsed
- 1 cup unfiltered, organic apple juice
- Zest and juice from 1 large orange
- Zest from 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 1 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
Instructions
- Place cranberries in a medium sized sauce pan.
- Add apple juice, orange zest and orange juice to the pot and bring to a boil over med-high heat.
- Add lemon zest, honey, cinnamon sticks and ginger, reduce heat to low, and allow cranberries to simmer and pop. Stir often.
- After most of the cranberries have popped and the sauce has thickened, remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Transfer the sauce to a glass tupperware and store in the fridge to further “flavor-fy” until ready to use.
Notes
This dish is one that is best made a day or two in advance.
Lisa
November 27, 2013 at 6:54 pmI made a traditional version with 2/3 cup raw sugar, 1/2 cup OJ and 1/2 cup water, and this one. After comparing several Paleo recipes, this seemed to suit my family’s taste the best, but the amount of liquid seemed too much compared others. I decided to leave out the cup of water. Now that I’ve finished both, I am proud to say they turned out almost exactly the same consistency. I think the extra cup of water would make it too runny.
primalpeak
November 28, 2013 at 12:12 amHi Lisa,
I agree. I just went in and omitted the water. I live at high altitude and find that liquid evaporates quicker, so the water allows for the flavors to simmer together longer, but I can see it being too much in most cases. I usually make this a couple days prior to when we eat it and it seems to congeal well in the fridge. I appreciate your comment and think it’s a good call:-)
Thanks!
Shannon
Lisa
November 27, 2014 at 4:16 amI made this again this year, and didn’t make a traditional version for the non-paleo folks. We decided last year that this version is as good or better as the kind made with sugar! I can’t wait to eat it tomorrow.
primalpeak
November 27, 2014 at 2:16 pmYay!! I’m so glad, Lisa! Enjoy.